# IETF AI/Agent Drafts Timeline
*Generated 2026-03-03 19:59 UTC — 361 drafts across 19 months*

## Monthly Submission Volume

```
2024-01 | #                                          3
2024-02 |                                            1
2024-04 |                                            1
2024-09 |                                            2
2024-10 |                                            1
2024-12 |                                            1
2025-01 | #                                          4
2025-04 | ##                                         5
2025-05 |                                            2
2025-06 | ##                                         5
2025-07 | ##                                         5
2025-08 | ###                                        8
2025-09 | #######                                   17
2025-10 | ###############################           67
2025-11 | ############################              61
2025-12 | #######                                   16
2026-01 | #########################                 54
2026-02 | ########################################  86
2026-03 | ##########                                22
```

## Category Breakdown by Month

| Month   | A2A protocol |  AI safety /  |  AI safety/al |  Agent discov |  Agent discov |  Agent identi |  Agent-to-age |  Autonomous n |  Autonomous n |  Data formats |  Data formats |  Human-agent  |  Identity / a |  ML traffic m |  ML-based tra |  Model servin |  Other AI/age |  Policy / gov |  Policy/gover | Total |
|---------|------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | -----:|
| 2024-01 |            0 |             0 |             1 |             0 |             0 |             1 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             1 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             1 |             0 |             1 |     3 |
| 2024-02 |            0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             1 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             1 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |     1 |
| 2024-04 |            1 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             1 |             0 |             0 |             1 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |     1 |
| 2024-09 |            0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             1 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             1 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             1 |     2 |
| 2024-10 |            0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             1 |             0 |             1 |             0 |             0 |             0 |     1 |
| 2024-12 |            0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             1 |             0 |             0 |     1 |
| 2025-01 |            0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             2 |             0 |             0 |             4 |             0 |             2 |             0 |             0 |             0 |     4 |
| 2025-04 |            0 |             0 |             1 |             0 |             0 |             1 |             0 |             1 |             0 |             0 |             2 |             0 |             0 |             1 |             0 |             1 |             0 |             0 |             3 |     5 |
| 2025-05 |            0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             1 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             1 |             1 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             2 |     2 |
| 2025-06 |            1 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             2 |             0 |             3 |             0 |             0 |             1 |             0 |             0 |             3 |             0 |             1 |             0 |             0 |             1 |     5 |
| 2025-07 |            2 |             0 |             2 |             0 |             1 |             2 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             2 |             1 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             1 |     5 |
| 2025-08 |            0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             2 |             0 |             2 |             0 |             0 |             6 |             1 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             0 |             2 |             0 |             3 |     8 |
| 2025-09 |            4 |             0 |             4 |             0 |             3 |             3 |             0 |             6 |             0 |             0 |            11 |             1 |             0 |             4 |             0 |             1 |             0 |             0 |             6 |    17 |
| 2025-10 |           26 |             0 |             5 |             2 |            13 |            23 |             2 |            19 |             0 |             1 |            35 |             7 |             1 |            13 |             0 |             9 |             5 |             0 |            10 |    67 |
| 2025-11 |           26 |             0 |             7 |             2 |            16 |            21 |             3 |            17 |             1 |             0 |            25 |             9 |             2 |             9 |             0 |             4 |             2 |             0 |            15 |    61 |
| 2025-12 |            2 |             0 |             3 |             1 |             3 |             7 |             0 |             4 |             0 |             0 |             6 |             1 |             1 |             3 |             0 |             1 |             2 |             0 |             6 |    16 |
| 2026-01 |           13 |             0 |             8 |             7 |             8 |            14 |             9 |            12 |             4 |             2 |            15 |             2 |             4 |             7 |             1 |             5 |             4 |             1 |            13 |    54 |
| 2026-02 |           36 |             1 |            12 |             2 |            17 |            29 |             2 |            18 |             0 |             0 |            32 |             6 |             5 |            15 |             0 |             8 |             8 |             1 |            23 |    86 |
| 2026-03 |            9 |             0 |             1 |             0 |             3 |             3 |             0 |             8 |             0 |             0 |             5 |             1 |             0 |            11 |             0 |             9 |             1 |             0 |             6 |    22 |

## Trends

- **AI safety / guardrails / alignment**: new (0 → 1 drafts)
- **Agent discovery / registration**: new (0 → 14 drafts)
- **Agent-to-agent communication protocols**: new (0 → 16 drafts)
- **Autonomous network operations**: new (0 → 5 drafts)
- **Data formats / semantics for AI interop**: new (0 → 3 drafts)